Rafi and Rita

Jarvis is the author-illustrator of Alan’s Big, Scary Teeth; Tropical Terry; Follow Me, Flo!; The Boy with Flowers in His Hair; Mr Santa; Thank You and Our Pebbles, as well as the illustrator of Pick a Pine Tree, Pick a Pumpkin and Pick a Perfect Egg, all written by Patricia Toht. An animator who has worked as a record jacket designer and an animation director, Jarvis lives in Manchester with his wife and their dog and cat. Follow him on X as @heyimjarvis and on Instagram as @booksbyjarvis.Chris Judge is an artist and illustrator who lives and works in Dublin, Ireland. His books include The Lonely Beast, The Brave Beast, The Snow Beast and Tiny and Teeny. He has also collaborated with comedian David O’Doherty on the Danger is Everywhere series, and with Ryan Tubridy on The First Christmas Jumper and the Sheep Who Changed Everything. Chris can be found online at chrisjudge.com, on X as @chrisjudge and on Instagram as @chrispjudge.

Readers and listeners will delight in this hilarious verbal wrangling written by Jarvis, and love the final twist. The text is made even funnier when set among Chris Judge’s wonderfully expressive, bold, bright scenes, some of which need the book to be turned through ninety degrees, so tall are the tales they are depicting.